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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sheila Pulham

On the site today

The EU summit is due to end today with Britain and France still haggling over the budget rebate and farm subsidies. Michael White will have an audio update for us, and the Lib Dems' Europe spokesman Nick Clegg will be arguing that Tony Blair has brought failure in Europe on himself.

At the WTO in Hong Kong trade talks are continuing amid renewed protests by opponents of trade liberalisation. Photographer Kristian Buus has compiled photographs and audio clips from activists around the world explaining why they are attending the talks. That feature will be live on the site later today.

We've three good world dispatches today: Jon Henley on the row in France over teaching colonialism in schools; Ian Black on the gulf between the US and Europe over so-called rendition flights; and, coming up later, Dan Glaister on proposals for a moratorium on the death penalty in California, which has the US's largest death row.

The Champions League draw has brought tough Spanish challenges for the two London clubs: Arsenal face Real Madrid, while Chelsea will play Barcelona.

And I urge you to read Peter Bradshaw's review of Lassie - in every sense a dog of a movie.

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